American Standard Version of 1901
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For Jehovah will not cast off his people,Neither will he forsake his inheritance.
For judgment shall return unto righteousness;And all the upright in heart shall follow it.
Who will rise up for me against the evil-doers?Who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?
Unless Jehovah had been my help,My soul had soon dwelt in silence.
When I said, My foot slippeth;Thy lovingkindness, O Jehovah, held me up.
In the multitude of my {Or, doubts}thoughts within meThy comforts delight my soul.
I say then, Did God cast off his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.
Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be mine own possession {Or, above}from among all peoples: for all the earth is mine:
and I will {Or, bring my hand again}turn my hand upon thee, and {Hebrew: as with lye.}thoroughly purge away thy dross, and will take away all thy {Or, alloy}tin;
and I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellors as at the beginning: afterward thou shalt be called The city of righteousness, a faithful town.
The dead praise not {Hebrew: Jah.}Jehovah,Neither any that go down into silence;
but for our sake also, unto whom it shall be reckoned, who believe on him that raised Jesus our Lord from the dead,
who was delivered up for our trespasses, and was raised for our justification.
What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who is against us?
And by reason of the exceeding greatness of the {Some ancient authorities read revelations—wherefore, that &c.}revelations, that I should not be exalted overmuch, there was given to me a {Or, stake}thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to buffet me, that I should not be exalted overmuch.
Concerning this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me.
And he hath said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my power is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may {Or, cover me Greek: spread a tabernacle over me. See Revelation 7:15.}rest upon me.
For even when we were come into Macedonia our flesh had no relief, but we were afflicted on every side; without were fightings, within were fears.